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Close-up of a bright, fresh salmon steak with a garnish of herbs.

Off the hook: Canadian aquaculture grows amidst environmental change

Three images side-by-side, purple lavender blossoms, Ingenuity helicopter in flight, cicada close-up on a flower stock.

3 things you should know about lavender, the Ingenuity helicopter, and cicadas

The exterior of a very large rectangular building; the word “Ingenium” is visible on the front of the façade.

Case study: A second RHFAC Gold for Ingenium

Over-the-shoulder shot of curator and conservator peering under the hood of the Electronic Sackbut synthesizer. Internal wiring and circuitry behind keyboard is exposed.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer

A young woman smiles and looks at the camera as she poses with a cardboard cut-out of Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Ruth Hwang

A woman wearing a protective jumpsuit crouches next to a beehive.

Behind the scenes: Meet a beekeeper at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Four cups of tea rest on a kitchen counter top. A Brown hand reaches out to grab one of the tea cups.

Asian Heritage Month: The power of “Cha”

A black-and-white image depicts two men in military uniforms, standing in front of an aircraft. The man in front is a pilot, and is being helped into his parachute by the man standing behind him.

Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque: The first Canadian to fly air combat missions in the Korean War

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Anna Jee

A plate of medium-brown soy sauce chicken drumsticks. Green onion pieces are sprinkled on top, and a silver pair of tongs rests on the plate. A red floral placemat can be seen under the white plate.

Asian Heritage Month: Cantonese soy sauce chicken

A mid-sized biplane with distinctive yellow wings, photographed outdoors from the back right.

From cobwebs to Interwebs: Uncovering vintage photos of the museum’s aircraft

A colour image depicts a Black man in an aviator uniform posing inside the cockpit of an aircraft.

Major Walter “Wally” Watson Peters: Canada’s first Black jet fighter pilot

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Some mothers and children about to get aboard one of the Douglas DC-3 airliners converted into Nurseryliners by United Air Lines Incorporated, San Francisco, California, April or May 1946. Anon., “Service aérien pour bébés.” Photo-Journal, 20 June 1946, 12.

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the flight – Babies on a plane: United Air Lines Incorporated and its Nurseryliner service

Rénald Fortier

May I begin this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee with a question, my reading friend? Do you think babies are cute? Human ones of course, but also puppies and kittens? Well, it looks as if this cuteness is no accident. No siree. The cuteness of these little burpers is built in so that their parents will lavish love and attention upon them, thus improving said burpers’ chances of survival, thus improving the likelihood our species will survive to mess up the environment even further – a

A splice image of two drawings of four earthworms characters coming out of the dirt. There bodies are drawn so they form the word soil.

Art meets Agriculture: Ingenium members grow their creativity through contest

Véronique Kenny

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

When it comes to an art contest, Ingenium members are quick to show their true colours. This spring, the Ingenium membership team ran its own "Draw with Rob" members-only contest. Ingenium members were challenged to watch one of three videos about art and agriculture, which features a guided art experience with children's book author and illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Next, participants made their own versions of their chosen art piece- for submission to Ingenium. The membership team was thrilled to

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The Canadian engineer and amateur astronomer James Hargreaves with an instrument he had built himself. Jean Taillefer, “Un voyage de 180 jours au Soudan, en Afrique; une expérience astronomique de 180 secondes.” Le Droit, 16 June 1951, 13.

Earth & Environment

“An Ottawa scientist makes a sacrifice for science:” The Canadian engineer and amateur astronomer James Hargreaves and his travels around the globe

Rénald Fortier

Ave legit amicum, observati caelo te salutant. In other words, hail, my reading friend, those who are about to observe the sky salute you, I think. I never took Latin classes. In any event, yours truly is pleased to welcome you to this astronomically interesting astronomical issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee, brought to you by Le Droit. By the 16 June 1951 issue of this one and only French language newspaper of Ottawa, Ontario, to be more precise. I am of the opinion, and it is a very

Close-up of a bright, fresh salmon steak with a garnish of herbs.

Off the hook: Canadian aquaculture grows amidst environmental change

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Three images side-by-side, purple lavender blossoms, Ingenuity helicopter in flight, cicada close-up on a flower stock.

3 things you should know about lavender, the Ingenuity helicopter, and cicadas

The exterior of a very large rectangular building; the word “Ingenium” is visible on the front of the façade.

Case study: A second RHFAC Gold for Ingenium

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The prototype of the Fairchild F-11 Husky bushplane shortly before its first flight, June 1946. Canada Aviation and Space Museum KM-05311.

You’re good, doggy, but as long as the rodent’s around, you’ll always be second best, see: The brief yet long story of the Fairchild F-11 Husky bushplane

Rénald Fortier

Greetings, my reading friend. Yours truly would like that you share with me, virtually of course, the large 75-candle birthday cake which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the Fairchild F-11 Husky bushplane, in June 1946. And yes, you have… unmasked me. I like anniversaries, and… My subtle allusion to an unmasking does not ring a bell, now does it? Have you not seen and liked the movie The Mask, released in theatres in 1994? Sigh. Fairchild Aircraft Limited of Longueuil

Off the hook: Canadian aquaculture grows amidst environmental change

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

A cutaway view of Canada’s Fleet Model 50 Freighter bushplane. Anon., “Fleet’s Trainer and Transport.” Aviation, May 1941, 61.

It could (and should?) have been one of the greats: Canada’s Fleet Model 50 Freighter bushplane

Rénald Fortier

As you may have realised by now, my reading friend, I am a bit of a wing nut. I know, it’s embarrassing. Now that the Felis catus has exited the proverbial container made of flexible material with an opening at the top, used for storing / holding / carrying things, let me add that I feel a certain fondness for some specific types of flying machines. The Fleet Model 50 Freighter bushplane happens to be one of them. Fleet Aircraft of Canada Limited of Fort Erie, Ontario, started as a subsidiary of

Over-the-shoulder shot of curator and conservator peering under the hood of the Electronic Sackbut synthesizer. Internal wiring and circuitry behind keyboard is exposed.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer

A young woman smiles and looks at the camera as she poses with a cardboard cut-out of Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Ruth Hwang

Wilfrid-Henri Perron. Claude Asselin, “Une encyclopédie québécoise pour les horticulteurs.” Photo-Journal, 3 to 9 May 1971, 12.

Chez Perron, tout est bon: A giant of Québec and Canadian horticulture, Wilfrid-Henri Perron (1897-1977)

Rénald Fortier

I have a terrible confession to make, my reading friend. I do not have a green thumb. Far from it. This being said (typed?), I like plants and flowers. It is in this context that I would like to excrete a brief text on a giant of Québec and Canadian horticulture, Wilfrid-Henri Perron. Our saga began in April 1897 with the birth of Perron, in Saint-Philippe-de-Chester, now Chesterville, Québec. His childhood and youth were quite uneventful, except that his passion for growing flowers and

A woman wearing a protective jumpsuit crouches next to a beehive.

Behind the scenes: Meet a beekeeper at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Four cups of tea rest on a kitchen counter top. A Brown hand reaches out to grab one of the tea cups.

Social Science & Culture

Asian Heritage Month: The power of “Cha”